
Dr Thomas Britz
Education
- PhD in Mathematics (Aarhus University, 2003)
I am part of the at the here at 黑料网大事记 Sydney.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE POSITIONS
Council Member of the (CMSA) (2024 鈥 )
President of the (CMSA) (2021 鈥 2024)
Friend of the Australian Council of Heads of Mathematical Sciences (2021 鈥 2024)
Chief Editor of (2015 鈥)
Managing Editor for the (2011 鈥 )
Area Editor for the (2014 鈥 2023)
Referee for 61 journals and 2 conference proceedings (> 175 reports)
Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH (> 250 reviews)
Grant proposal assessor for ARC DP, NISDRG, FRP, Vidi (32 reports)
PhD Opponent/Assessor (2 times)
Co-organiser of the 42th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 黑料网大事记, December 2019听(2018听鈥 2019)
Co-organiser of the 36th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 黑料网大事记, December 2012 (2011 鈥 2012)
Organiser of Pure Departmental Seminar, School of Mathematics & Statistics, 黑料网大事记 (2010 鈥 2013)
Co-organiser of the Joint Colloquium, School of Mathematics and Statistics, 黑料网大事记 (2010 鈥 2013)
Chair of the Publicity Committee, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2014 鈥 2018)
Chair of the School Standing Committee, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2014 鈥 2015)
School liaison for the 黑料网大事记 MathSoc, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2012 鈥 2018)
Manager of Web and Social Media, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2017 鈥 2018)
Academic Mentor, 黑料网大事记 (2019听鈥 )
Academic Advisor, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2010听鈥 )
First Responder, 黑料网大事记 (2018听鈥 )
Member of the Education Excellence Committee, Science Faculty, 黑料网大事记 (2018 鈥撎)
Member of the Hybrid Learning and Teaching Community of Practice, 黑料网大事记 (2023 鈥 )
Member of 黑料网大事记 Student Wellbeing Community of Practice, 黑料网大事记 (2022 鈥撎)
Member of 黑料网大事记 Data Science Hub (uDASH), 黑料网大事记 (2021 鈥 2024)
Member of the Sustainability Committee, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2020 鈥 2023)
Member of the Computing Committee, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2018 鈥 2018)
Member of the Research Committee, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2015 鈥 2017)
Pure Representative on the Postgraduate Committee, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2013 鈥 2017)
Member of the Policy and Resources Committee, MATH, 黑料网大事记 (2014)
Lecturer's Representative for the School Standing Committee, 黑料网大事记 (2011 鈥 2018)
Member of the (2018 鈥 )
Life member of the (CMSA)
I also enjoy a range of outreach activities, to promote mathematical thinking, learning and enjoyment.
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Research Grants
$525,115 total awarded by grants, including the following:
- Discovery Grant: T. Britz, "Chromatic polynomials, random graphs, and error-correcting codes: a unified approach to graph colouring problems鈥, $242,066, 2007鈥2009
- PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship, 20,000CAD, 2003鈥2004
- Villum Kann Rasmussen Postdoctoral Fellowship, 350.000DKK (2004鈥2005)
- Carlsberg Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 350.000DKK, 2006
- , T. Britz,听$25,000, 2013
- 黑料网大事记 Light Digital Uplift of MATH3411: $15,000, 2019.
Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Wellbeing, 黑料网大事记, 2021.
Science Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Wellbeing, 黑料网大事记, 2021.
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Contributions to Student Learning, 黑料网大事记, 2015.
I am interested in most areas of discrete mathematics and combinatorics. Most of my research has been so far in graph theory, matroid theory, coding theory, combinatorial polynomials, combinatorial matrix theory, design theory, partially ordered sets, matching theory, flow theory, and enumerative combinatorics. Most of my research is highly foundational and theoretical but I also enjoy applying combinatorial methods and results to other areas, so far including big data in medicine, bioinformatics, criminology, ecology, electrochemistry, energy-storage, law, linear algebra, oceanography, psycholinguistics, quantum mechanics and renewable energy. I also very much welcome the opportunity to solve tangible real-life problems and have consulted for a variety of companies and government.
If you have any problem that might benefit from some math- or problem-solving skills, then please email me!
My Research Supervision
Supervision:
PhD students:
听 Hopein Christofen Tang, 黑料网大事记, 2023鈥
听 John Fitzgerald, 黑料网大事记 (joint supervision with Lyria Bennet Moses, 黑料网大事记 Law, and Ben Hachey, USyd), 2015鈥
听 Zhi Yee Chng, 黑料网大事记 (joint supervision with Tan Ta Sheng and Wong Kok Bin, University of Malaya), 2024
听 Adam Mammoliti, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Gabriel Nakhl, 黑料网大事记 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Chris听Goodrich), 2025鈥
听 James Ross, 黑料网大事记 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Catherine Greenhill), 2023
听 Haya Saeed Aldosari, 黑料网大事记 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Catherine Greenhill), 2020
听 Vicki Likourezos, 黑料网大事记 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Slava Kalyuga, 黑料网大事记 Arts), 2016-2017
听 Peter Ayre, 黑料网大事记 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor:听 Catherine Greenhill), 2019
听 Ali Hussian Alkhaldi, 黑料网大事记 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor:听 Norman Wildberger), 2014
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Master by Research students:
听 Nero Ziyu Li, 黑料网大事记, 2021
听 Sin Keong Tong, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Zhi Yee Chng, 黑料网大事记, 2017
听 Maria Fischer, 黑料网大事记, 2015
听 Marie-Louise H酶jlund Rasmussen, Technical University of Denmark, 2005
Honours students:
听 Paris Kastanias, 黑料网大事记, 2025鈥
听听Ronald Chiang, 黑料网大事记, 2025鈥
听听Yasiru Jayasooriya 黑料网大事记, 2025鈥
听 Christian Albina, 黑料网大事记, 2024鈥
听 Phillip Tzioumis, 黑料网大事记, 2024
听 Hayden McLean, 黑料网大事记, 2023
听 Zhan Wei, 黑料网大事记, 2023
听 Rickey Wu, 黑料网大事记, 2023
听 Edmond Gao, 黑料网大事记, 2021
听 Ryan Snoyman, 黑料网大事记, 2020
听 David Morris, 黑料网大事记, 2020
听 Michael Libman, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Nelson Chen, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Daniel Tanios, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Jessica Dai, 黑料网大事记, 2018
听 Tyson Churcher, 黑料网大事记, 2016
听 Duncan Crowley, 黑料网大事记, 2016
听 Adam Mammoliti, 黑料网大事记, 2014
听 Elizabeth Alford, 黑料网大事记, 2012
Master by Coursework students:
听 Demetra Siountris, 黑料网大事记, 2020
听 Xin Hu, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Salha Ahmed Alshaikey, 黑料网大事记, 2012
听 Dalal Alanazi, 黑料网大事记, 2012
听 Saad Althobaiti, 黑料网大事记, 2012
听 Doug Han Yang, 黑料网大事记, 2009
听 Ali Alkhaldi,听 黑料网大事记, 2009
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Research Course Project:
听 Jovana Kolar, 黑料网大事记, 2021
听听Abdellah Islam, 黑料网大事记, 2020
听 Iker Carrera, 黑料网大事记, 2020
听 James Ross, 黑料网大事记, 2014
AMSI Summer Research Project:
听 Ariana Liu, 黑料网大事记, 2023
听 Jovana Kolar, 黑料网大事记, 2022
听 Tiana Tsung Ung, 黑料网大事记, 2021
Summer Research Project:
听 Ryan Yang, ANU, 2024
听 Tiana Tsung Ung, 黑料网大事记, 2020
听 Abdellah Islam, 黑料网大事记, 2020
听 Charlie Stinson, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Zijian Gao, 黑料网大事记, 2019
听 Rui Tong, 黑料网大事记, 2018
听 Jacky Huang, 黑料网大事记, 2018
听 Gary Liang, 黑料网大事记, 2015
听 Adam Mammoliti, 黑料网大事记, 2014
听 Steve Sui, 黑料网大事记, 2013
听 Kirsten Vo-Phuoc, 黑料网大事记, 2012
听 Sen Lin, 黑料网大事记, 2011
My Teaching
I have designed, created and lectured the HDR/Honours courses
听 Aspects of Combinatorial Optimisation (at Kumamoto University, 2011)
听 Combinatorial Enumeration and Optimisation (AMSI Summer School 2012, with Prof. Ian Wanless).
听 An Introduction to Combinatorics (Aalto University, 2017)
听 MATH5505 - Combinatorics (黑料网大事记 2016, 2018)
and听written course material for, and lectured, the courses
听 MATH151 - Finite Mathematics (University of Victoria, BC, Canada)
听 MATH1031 - Mathematics for Life Sciences
听 MATH1081 - Discrete Mathematics
听 MATH1131 - Mathematics 1A
听 MATH1241 - Higher Mathematics 1B
听 MATH3411 - Information, Codes and Ciphers
听 MATH3521 - Algebraic Techniques in Number Theory
In total, I have lectured semester courses for 8,000 students.
I have also tutored numerous courses, for 2,000 students.
Here is quick access to some of my .